Windows 8.1 making wallpapers look terrible

[Bobbincat]

Hey,

So iv been on 8.1 since it released and i tried 10 and ...Nah.I was using the same background for a very long time then when i found this kawaii girl i changed it.

But soon after applying it i realized there was noise around the edges (look at the hair.... come on thats criminal) and it generally looked like trash compared to the original. I would point out which is the original and which one is not but whats the point its extremely clear.   

So is Windows compressing the wallpaper when its applied?

I did some googling and there were multiple fixes that i tried that involved going to :

C:\Users\Felix\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Themes\RoamedThemeFiles\DesktopBackground

and changing the name of the picture to TranscodedPicture1 (or something similar i have got the forum page up).But none of them worked for me.

 

QUESTION:

How can i get my wallpaper to not look trash?

Any work arounds?

Or programs i can download ?

Or general suggestions?  

 

Thanks,

Felix

 

[iamdarkyoshi]

I had the same issue with windows 10. Try this program

 

 

 

Some filetypes will work beautifully, others will compress. Try saving the original image in different formats using MS paint, then throwing it into the software I listed above

[Bobbincat]

Just now, iamdarkyoshi said:

I had the same issue with windows 10. Try this program

 

 

 

Some timetypes will work beautifully, others will compress. Try saving the original image in different formats using MS paint, then throwing it into the software I listed above

thanks ill try now !

[Enderman]

did you try saving the image in a different format? like PNG or jpeg or whatever

[Bobbincat]

yes i had and with no luck unfortunately 

[Bobbincat]

DISCOVERY!

.BMP (bitmap) looks better but still no where near as good as original.

ill continue to try.

[Bobbincat]

8 minutes ago, Enderman said:

did you try saving the image in a different format? like PNG or jpeg or whatever

Yes the original is PNG and i just tried Jpeg and i almost cryed  looked horrible.

[Bobbincat]

ok none of those suggestions worked

[Enderman]

1 hour ago, Bobbincat said:

Yes the original is PNG and i just tried Jpeg and i almost cryed  looked horrible.

how did you change the format?

photoshop?

you need to save it on max quality

[Bobbincat]

PS !? bruh i cant aford that and i aint got time to find a key or crack it ... *mumbles* i used paint *mumbles*

[iamdarkyoshi]

1 hour ago, Bobbincat said:

Yes the original is PNG and i just tried Jpeg and i almost cryed  looked horrible.

What about bitmap?

[Bobbincat]

yea looks better but still crap

[GoodBytes]

How do you set your background?

[OPSJono]

2 hours ago, Bobbincat said:

Yes the original is PNG and i just tried Jpeg and i almost cryed  looked horrible.

Run your wallpaper through this:

http://needsmorejpeg.com/

 

That will solve all your problems.

[iamdarkyoshi]

3 minutes ago, OPSJono said:

Run your wallpaper through this:

http://needsmorejpeg.com/

 

That will solve all your problems.

Plzno

[Bobbincat]

2 hours ago, OPSJono said:

Run your wallpaper through this:

http://needsmorejpeg.com/

 

That will solve all your problems.

Perfect dude ! ....  any real suggestions ?

[Bobbincat]

3 hours ago, GoodBytes said:

How do you set your background?

i used DMT (duel monitor tools) and just right click set BG